﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  ( 
  1 
  899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  79 
  

  

  BRACON 
  DECLARATUS, 
  sp. 
  nov.' 
  

  

  Long. 
  10; 
  terebra 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  B. 
  jejumis, 
  but 
  is 
  smaller, 
  has 
  the 
  

   ovipositor 
  shorter, 
  the 
  metapleurae, 
  the 
  hinder 
  coxae, 
  

   trochanters, 
  and 
  femora, 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  

   smooth, 
  not 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  deeper, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  longer 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  the 
  

   cloud 
  is 
  larger, 
  and 
  not 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  cubital 
  nervure, 
  

   only 
  narrowed 
  beyond 
  it, 
  near 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  deep 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long, 
  black 
  hair. 
  Head 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  the 
  face 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white, 
  the 
  vertex 
  more 
  sparsely 
  

   with 
  fuscous, 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  is 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  raised, 
  its 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  

   top, 
  which 
  is 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  mandibular 
  

   teeth 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pallid 
  yellow. 
  Thorax 
  very 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  pleurae 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  Legs 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  

   and 
  femora 
  blackish, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  

   Wings 
  yellowish-hyaline, 
  the 
  apex 
  infuscated; 
  the 
  cloud 
  

   behind 
  the 
  stigma 
  extends 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  the 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure, 
  and 
  is 
  continued 
  along 
  the 
  median 
  discoidal 
  

   nervure 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  wing; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  

   is 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third. 
  Petiole, 
  including 
  the 
  raised 
  

   centre, 
  smooth 
  and 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   strongly 
  irregularly 
  striolated; 
  the 
  lateral 
  depression 
  wide 
  

   and 
  shallow, 
  deepest 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  strongly 
  

   and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  the 
  central 
  keels 
  raised, 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment. 
  The 
  securiform 
  articulation 
  

   wide 
  and 
  deep, 
  stoutly 
  longitudinally 
  striolated, 
  more 
  

   closely 
  and 
  finely 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  are 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  without 
  any 
  punctures. 
  

  

  